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SOURCES SOUGHT

Request for Information (RFI)/Market Research Notice

NOTICE Type: RFI/Market Research for the Army Water Heater 400

This is a RFI / MARKET RESEARCH notice to request information for Government planning purposes only. Responses will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. The Government is not committed to issue a solicitation or award a contract as a result of this announcement.

Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is seeking qualified and capable potential vendors.

Since this is a Request for Information/Market Research and not a solicitation for receipt of proposals or quotations, the Government does not encourage questions concerning this market research.

This Request for Information (RFI) is for the manufacturing of the following:

Noun: Army Water Heater 400

NSN: 4520-01-566-6669

P/N: 111244 NAICS Code: 541519

The Government is seeking to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of the community, to include both small and large businesses.

If your company is interested and can demonstrate the firm’s ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the equipment summarized above, we encourage you to respond to this announcement with a statement of your qualifications and capability. In order to do so, you need to provide:

- Name and address of the firm.

- DUNS number and CAGE Code (valid System for Award Management (SAM) is MANDATORY).

- Your Firm’s Point of Contact (name, phone number, and e-mail address).

- Your company’s business size status (small or large) (including Service-Disabled veteran owned, if applicable). If claiming small business status, the information must be verifiable in SAM.

- A summary of the item’s commercial availability.

- A summary of your company’s expertise in the manufacturing of the part.

-A summary of your company’s delivery capability.

-A summary of your company’s experience conducting First Article Testing

-A summary of the place of performance.

- Is the NAICS Code appropriate for the items being requested?

Statements of your firm’s expertise should include reference to relevant contracts performed (including a description of the scope, quantity manufactured, contract number, and point of contact with phone number).

Any and all interested firms and manufacturers, regardless of size, may respond to this request for information. Information submissions can include product literature and illustrations, relevant company background/experience.

Responses should be addressed to Deborah Hough, at the following address: deborah.a.hough2.civ@army.mil and should be received no later than 05 JUL 2024 at 5:00pm EST.

Again, this information is being requested for Government planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not award a contract based upon responses to this announcement. The Government shall not reimburse or pay any costs for preparing or submitting information in response to this notice.

Contracting Office Address:

US Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal ATTN: Deborah A. Hough - CCTA-APS-A 6501 E. Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000 Point of Contact(s):

Deborah Hough – Contract Specialist Deborah.a.hough2.civ@army.mil

W56HZV-21-R-0069 Solicitation Number